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16 November 2020updated 30 Jul 2021 11:10am

Podcast: The Story of Lee Cain (The Man the Authorities Came to Blame)

The New Statesman podcast with Stephen Bush and Anoosh Chakelian.

By NS Podcasts

Lee Cain, the former director of communications for Downing Street (Photo By Leon Neal/Getty Images)

On today’s New Statesman Podcast, Stephen Bush and Anoosh Chakelian discuss the departure of Downing Street’s comms supremo, Lee Cain, and what it means for the future of the Johnson administration. Then, in You Ask Us, they answer your questions on Croydon council going bankrupt.

Send us your questions for future episodes at youaskus.co.uk.

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